It IS a stephane.
This rather new video from hairstyle historian Janet Stephens demonstrates the earlier "column" hairstyle of Herennia Etruscilla, the wife of...
I think it says AVGVSTANO, the masculine dative singular of the adjective Augustānus, meaning (duh!) "for/by (the) Augustan ..."
SVNT IPSIS LIBERIS means "they are free." SVB T POMPONIO BASSO means "under T. Pomponius Bassus." STIPENDIA MERVERANT means "salaries earned."
Thanks, @dougsmit . Here's the reverse rotated 180 degrees if that clarifies anything. I'm not sure it does. [ATTACH]
When I mention I like 50's jazz, I'm talking Thelonious Monk ... [MEDIA] ... Charles Mingus ... [MEDIA] ... Miles Davis ... [MEDIA] ... John...
I have two examples of this common denarius of Julia Domna. Something is odd about the reverse on the first, and I suspect an overstrike. Anyone...
Diana is wearing a stephane, but Sabina has a thin, ribbon-like diadem. The stuff rising up above her forehead behind the diadem is her hair, not...
Lovely!
A diadem has a broad semantic range and includes many types of headgear symbolizing power and authority. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadem...
Here's a lovely coin (not mine) at acsearchinfo. It portrays the two Nemeseis of Smyrna, each pulling out their chitons to spit on their bosom. As...
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The top example clearly has the stephane, @Marsyas Mike , but the bottom one I'm not so sure about. Here's one of the examples in the British...
I don't know; you'd have to ask Martin Beckmann. His book is only concerned with her posthumous coinage and the development of the cult of Diva...
Ah, that's good, because I collect Antonine Women. Not that I have the budget to collect their aurei. Here are the five good emperors in silver:...
Cool! Definitely worth acquiring and sharing, @maridvnvm , but what's this nonsense about focusing on a core collection and not getting...
Martin Beckmann’s Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces,* has clarified the dating and arrangement of the Diva Faustina...
This is perhaps the best misattributed-by-the-auction-house coin in my collection -- a rare dupondius that was listed as a sestertius. Including...
I like this issue. Here's one I've never posted here before. [ATTACH]
Coins Weekly has a top 10 list. Faustina I came in #4. Post your choices for beautiful coins featuring women. [ATTACH]
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